Only a few counties were invited to participate in the Smart Voter project
this election, which requires a close partnership with each
Registrar of Voters. Local city, county, and measure information
is not available from nonparticipating counties.
However information for the state/federal offices and
propositions is available and listed below.

Requires statewide/local ballot measure
to apply in all parts of jurisdiction,
regardless of how parts of jurisdiction
voted. Prohibits alternative versions of
a measure from becoming law based
upon specified vote percentage. Fiscal
Impact: The number of measures this
proposition would affect in the future,
and the resulting fiscal impact, cannot
be estimated.

Provides for consolidation of superior
and municipal courts in county upon
approval by majority of county's
superior and municipal court judges.
Makes related changes to court system.
Fiscal Impact: Potential annual net
savings to the state, in the range of
millions to tens of millions of dollars in
the long term, to the extent that most
superior and municipal courts
consolidate.

This measure grants Commission
on Judicial Performance discretionary
authority to discipline subordinate
judicial officers according to same
standards as judges, as specified,
subject to review by California Supreme
Court. Fiscal Impact: Probably minor, if
any, costs to the state.

Provides second degree murder of peace
officer on duty is punishable by life in
prison without parole where
aggravating factors are present.
Eliminates duplicative provision.
Disallows person convicted of murder
from earning credits to reduce the
prison sentence. Fiscal Impact:
Probably minor additional state costs.

Prohibits school districts from spending
more than five percent of funds from all
sources for administrative costs.
Authorizes fines for failure to comply.
Fiscal Impact: Requires school districts
to reduce administrative costs (as
defined by the measure) by up to $700
million. To comply with this
requirement, districts could more
accurately account for administrative
costs, move operations from central
locations to school sites, and reduce
administrative spending.

Establishes as California's official
position that state and federal
legislators support U.S. Constitutional
amendment establishing Congressional
term limits and requires them to use
their powers to enact Congressional
term limits. Fiscal Impact: Relatively
minor costs to the state and to counties.

Requires employee's or union member's
permission to withhold wages or union
dues for political contributions.
Prohibits foreign contributions to state
and local candidates. Fiscal Impact:
Unknown, probably not major, state
enforcement costs. Additional state
costs (up to $2 million annually,
one-time costs of $2 million to $5
million), offset by fees, and unknown
local government costs for
administrative activities, probably
offset by fees.

Requires all public school instruction be
in English, unless parents request
otherwise and show certain
circumstances. Provides short-term
English immersion programs for
children learning English. Funds
community English instruction. Fiscal
Impact: Impacts on individual school
districts would depend on how schools,
parents, and the state respond to the
proposition's changes. These impacts
could vary significantly by district.
Total state spending on education,
however, probably would not change.